Title: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Author: Susan Cain

Release Date: January 24, 2012

Publisher: Crown

Format: eBook

Page Number: 370

Source: Public Library

The book that started the Quiet Revolution

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.

In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.

3 out of 5 stars

This book was recommended to me by my ballet teacher during a conference talking about how I was doing in class. She told me that she thought that she and I were very similar in many ways, and this book was interesting to her because she is an introvert herself. I am introverted and love reading *obviously* so when I got this recommendation I immediately went and checked it out off of Overdrive from my library.

I really liked a lot of this book, but there was too much science for me. I LOVED the parts about the social aspects of being introverted and why people are the way they are, but the way the science topics were discussed was very dry and boring to me! I understand that this is a nonfiction book and there is supposed to be a lot of factual information, but it was just SO SLOW.

I wish this was mostly social aspects instead of scientific ones. I appreciated that it was there, but with all my readings for class this was just a little too dense for me during some parts.

There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

This was one of my favorite quotes from this book. Love it. Love that it feels true!

I learned throughout reading this and do recommend it. I think this is great for people who are introverted, but it doesn’t really teach you that much if you already know that you’re introverted. I think this would be an important book for an extroverted boyfriend, husband, or partner to read in order to understand their significant other better.

I think sometimes extroverts don’t understand that introverts DO need time to recharge after spending a ton of time with people. That we do want to stay in on Friday nights and just have a cozy reading night!

Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to.

Again, I agree with this quote, too!

This is the first non-fiction book I’ve read in quite some time, so maybe it’s just me not getting into it quickly, or the fact that I couldn’t read for long periods of time because of schoolwork… All in all I think this was an interesting read!